Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,688 residents, it is a town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Schools do well (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. At €1,587/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Roche aux Fées Communauté. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Martigné-Ferchaud has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Martigné-Ferchaud does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Martigné-Ferchaud with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Martigné-Ferchaud has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Martigné-Ferchaud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit Pierre de Richebourg, in Retiers, 3.5 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Martigné-Ferchaud.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #1 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Martigné-Ferchaud is Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant, 7.8 mi away. 415 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 369: 13% above. Also worth knowing: in Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
At the census, 7.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stood at 9.7%, higher than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Martigné-Ferchaud in two is 44.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Martigné-Ferchaud | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,587/m², comes from 126 sales of houses and apartments in Martigné-Ferchaud from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. House rents are put at about €8.42/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,596/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.8 violent offenses and 9.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Over 2025, Martigné-Ferchaud logged 37 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 28.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Martigné-Ferchaud. Best known first.
Nothing in Martigné-Ferchaud is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Martigné-Ferchaud.
Louis Bridel: Photo de Khaerr, Public domain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martigné-Ferchaud | 2,688 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Retiers | 4,566 | 6 | A | B | A | A− |
| Châteaubriant Loire-Atlantique | 12,260 | 8.2 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne | 4,554 | 8.8 | A+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Erbray Loire-Atlantique | 3,072 | 11 | — | A− | — | B |
| Janzé | 8,649 | 12 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Bais | 2,539 | 12 | — | A | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Martigné-Ferchaud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #1 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,587/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.68/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Martigné-Ferchaud grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Martigné-Ferchaud is a commune of 2,688 people in the Communauté de communes Roche aux Fées Communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
